Sarah, The short answer is that, yes, you can substitute butter for shortening in cookies. It will, however, change the texture and appearance of the end product. Because shortening is 100% fat and butter is roughly 85% fat and 15% water, cookies with butter in them tend to spread more during baking.
Usage: Yang is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name. People having the name Yang are in general originating from China, France, South Korea, United States of America.
yin and yang. noun, (used with a singular or plural verb) 1. (in Chinese philosophy and religion) two principles, one negative, dark, and feminine (yin) and one positive, bright, and masculine (yang) whose interaction influences the destinies of creatures and things. Origin. First recorded in 1930-35, yin and yang is from the Chinese word yÄ«n-yÃ¡ng.